Effective safety checklists focus on observable hazards, clear responsibilities and actions workers can take when something goes wrong.

In the ten years since Dr. Atul Gawande published The Checklist Manifesto, the use of checklists has proliferated in fields from medicine to investing. Gawande, a surgeon, made a particular focus on ...

As a business owner, you bear the responsibility of the safety of your employees. This requires you to ensure that your workplace and working conditions are as safe as possible. An employee injury can ...

Evidence-based practice is being implemented through a variety of patient-safety tools, but perhaps checklists and bundles remain one of the best ways to drive down infection rates and boost ...

When you have a stressful job like a doctor or a pilot, you’re faced with executing complex tasks everyday with very high rates of success. How do such professionals even get started when the task at ...

It’s tempting to assume that employees, managers, and leaders will naturally prioritize tasks and follow procedures. However, relying solely on memory or trust is an unreliable strategy. Instead, ...

We all should use checklists more. That’s true even if you’re one of the many people who think checklists are too rigid, too confining. You won’t feel confined. Knowing you’ll remember everything will ...

Checklists are essential to tackling a project thoroughly and completely. They ensure there is process cohesion between parties who may be involved in completing them and, most importantly, that ...

Have you ever spent hours preparing a big presentation only to find your laptop battery out of charge moments before speaking? Or perhaps you've tried to outsource time-consuming tasks in your ...